Drat. I just noticed the April 1, 2014 date on the article I sent out. :(

Marc

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mark,
>
> I believe there was a convo on here not too long ago wherein somebody
> was talking to somebody else who was an engineer at VW . . . Maybe
> somebody else's memory is better than mine. In the meantime, here's
> some fodder:
> http://welovevolkswagenpastpresentandfuture.blogspot.com/2014/04/hippy-favourite-is-reborn.html
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Mark Brush <mbrush@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey all -
>>
>> My full-time job is crawling under my 1990 Westie trying to identify leaks.
>> My *other *job is reporting for a public radio station here in Michigan.
>>
>> Every year I go to the Detroit Auto Show and try to come up with stories to
>> write/produce for the station.
>>
>> I'm considering asking VW about their plans for a microbus at this year's
>> show and writing a little post about it online.
>>
>> It seems like we've been hearing about a "new bus" every year for the last
>> 15 years (I even recall a little Hot Wheel microbus being made).
>>
>> Here's the last thing I read about their plans:
>>
>> http://www.cartalk.com/blogs/jim-motavalli/five-reasons-vw-should-bring-back-bus
>>
>> Does anyone on this list have a burning question about VW's plans that I
>> should ask? Anyone have any insights into what VW is planning here?
>>
>> My guess is that a quality microbus would be expensive to build, and it
>> doesn't have the mass appeal they're looking for in the North American
>> market.
>>
>> Any questions you want answered or any thoughts you want to share would be
>> much appreciated!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
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